Knitting BasketAmish Wicker Yarn Storage & Organizer

• Handcrafted Quality: Handwoven from natural rattan reed by an Old Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border, over a solid birch bottom with hardwood poplar posts, and signed by the weaver who made it.
• Three Yarn Compartments, One Skein Each: Each compartment measures 4 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 10 1/2" deep, with a yarn hole in the lid directly above it. A skein stands upright in its compartment and the yarn pulls from the center up through the hole, so it never drags across the reed.
• A Project Side of Its Own: The other half of the basket is a 15" x 5 1/4" x 10 1/2" compartment for the needles, the pattern and the work in progress, so a project can be set down mid-row and picked up where it stopped.
• Legs and Strap Included: The legs and the genuine leather carrying strap are part of the basket, not add-ons. It stands beside your chair at an easy reach and carries to the porch or the car.
• Measures: 16" x 12" x 13 1/2" tall.
• Three Trim Colors: Choose Plain, Wine & Blue, or Wine & Green. The color is woven in as dyed reed, not painted on.
• Optional Extra: An engraved solid brass plate, two lines of up to 22 characters each, is the one option on this page, added only if you choose it. The basket is complete without it.
• American Heritage: Handwoven in the USA and signed by the Amish weaver who made it. Backed by our lifetime guarantee, with free shipping and no-questions returns on every order.

It is a favorite gift for a knitter or a crocheter in the family, and the notes that come back tell the same story. "This was a gift for my sister who is an avid knitter," Di wrote in 2025. "It was so beautiful it brought her to tears." Patti ordered her third in 2021, "one for me and two for friends."

Knitters keep coming back to the way the inside is laid out. "The large compartment holds a lot of yarn plus the 3 smaller compartments inside are great to sort all the knitting extras," Charlene wrote. Each of the three compartments holds a skein standing on end, and the yarn feeds up through its own hole in the lid, so you can work from two or three colors at once with nothing crossing. The lid also keeps the yarn where it belongs: "sturdy, large AND cat proof," as Mary put it. Crocheters use it too; the yarn feeds the same way, and the compartments take hooks, markers and scissors alongside the needles. "It sits right next to my chair," Diane wrote. "It's beautiful and functional."

The skeins stand upright in their compartments and the yarn pulls from the middle of the skein out through the hole above it, so there is nothing for the yarn to catch on. The legs and the leather strap are built in and permanently attached, not add-ons. Each compartment holds one standard skein, and the whole basket is 16 inches long and 13 1/2 inches tall. For bulky or chunky yarn, or more than three skeins at once, there is also the Homestead Knitting Basket, an open 20-inch chest with a lift-off lid, or The Yarn Barn, with four compartments, a shelf and a drawer. The Knitting Needle Organizer comes in the same three trims and stands beside this basket as its companion.

This basket is woven by hand, the way Old Order Amish families on the Iowa-Missouri border have woven for generations, and the weaver signs the bottom before it leaves the farm. "I especially love that it was signed by the maker," Duane wrote. "As someone who crafts things as a hobby, I will cherish this for life." The reviews and notes that come in are printed out in the Shipping Barn and handed to the family who wove your basket, so they hear it too. Standard shipping is free; if a birthday or Christmas is close, rush delivery is offered at checkout. Every order ships gift-ready, with no prices in the box, a free gift note at checkout, and a short letter about the family who wove it. It is covered by our lifetime guarantee, and returns are no questions asked.

Measures: 16" x 12" x 13 1/2" tall